Program

Public Programs: Exhibitions: Planning

Period of Performance

6/1/2024 - 10/31/2025

Funding Totals

$74,000.00 (approved)
$74,000.00 (awarded)


Aqui en Chicago Exhibition Planning Project

FAIN: GE-296991-24

Chicago History Museum (Chicago, IL 60614-6038)
Charles Bethea (Project Director: August 2023 to present)

Planning of a 2,900-square-foot temporary exhibition on the history and culture of Latinos in Chicago. 

The Chicago History Museum seeks support from the National Endowment for the Humanities for planning of the Aqui en Chicago exhibition. The temporary exhibit explores the historical development of the Latino/a/x community in Chicago. The Aqui en Chicago exhibition planning project seeks to support exhibition design and development, including schematic design, interpretive writing, and graphic design. The temporary exhibition will be on view at the Chicago History Museum between October 2025 and October 2026.